Reviews by cunningtarantula

I'm divided on this. Generally, I like their later work but there's a bit of a je ne sais quoi that's missing from this. It's 2.5 stars for me, rounded up

They weren't much on my radar in the 90s but this album is pretty good! It's a little bit dated but that's part of the charm.

It's wild to think this album came out in 69. It sounds of its time but with a dash of something that makes it sound timeless. They're clearly taking notes from The Beatles but I have zero complaints about that. This is good shit.

Super chill but with a tad more structure than some of his more esoteric stuff. Very fitting for a rainy, low energy morning or a late into night book reading marathon.

That first song, The World Girl, doing the faux reggae just killed me. Honestly, I thought there was nothing redeeming about this. I'm not even sure this was good for the time.

This album is a fucking banger. Stone cold classic. Bops from start to end.

It was fine, I get why this was a big deal. Paper Planes is great, I'm not so sure the rest holds up. A bit inconsistent at times, and surprisingly slow at times.

This is the second Arcade Fire album that I've encountered so far on this list. I truly hated Neon Bible. I don't know why but even the artwork on this irritates me. It's less bad than Neon Bible but will never come back to this. It's of a time and I'll be leaving it there.

Oh man, I really did not enjoy this.

The guitars on the second track, Rock Box, are great and kind of unexpected. There's nothing new I can add to the convo. The beats are simple, the rhymes are basic and it all sounds kind of the same. But you'd be hard pressed to not at least somewhat enjoy, It's Like That. But I gotta say, I prefer that remix of it by Jason Nevins from 1997. On the whole, I get why this is so important.

Van Morrison reminds me too much of me da who's now dead and gone. It makes me too sad. Love and miss you, Da

This really clicked for me in some parts. Their interpolation and sampling of the vocal melody and chorus from Lady Marmalade by LaBelle was unexpected but worked. This album felt a bit like Achtung Baby by U2. And somehow The Stone Roses and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

It's about 3.5 stars for me, rounded up to 4.

When I was a much younger woman, I just didn't get David Bowie. I can't really say what about him didn't click for me, it just didn't. As I've gotten older, and maybe a touch more wise, I can see the appeal to him. From what little I know of him, I really wasn't familiar with any of the songs on this album. But on the whole, I enjoyed it. It's a 3.75 stars for me, rounded up.

I don't know, some of this is ok but some of it is really fucking annoying.

IDGAF about him or this album, he's just a wanna be Michael Jackson

No notes, good shit

I get why it's important and I get why it matters but there feels to be little variance amongst the songs. They all have a samey sound. And I can only listen to 12-bar blues inspired rock for so long. As a plus, you can tell that he really enjoys his art. And I'm sure seeing him live at the time was a real banger but this is of the past and I'm going to leave it there.

Only loosely knew of this band and certainly not this album. It had me from the first few notes. This sounds like what I've been looking for lately. Will definitely be checking out the rest of their catalogue. Solid listen

I don't know this album and wasn't really sure for the first few songs, they really weren't working for me. That cover of Working Class Hero is fantastic. And that last song, Why'd Ya Do It is so good, it's so dirty. Singing of cocksucking and anger of having your snatch spat on. This song is more like she's singing a poem. Great stuff.

I have such a complicated relationship with this album. Like, I actually think it's really well done, the lyrics are kinda cringe from time to time. But it's really good. But it's Kanye.